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Jan. I, 1924 J. E. ZOMNIR MACHINE FOR ASSEMBLING BOOK MATCHES 6Sheets-Sheet 6' Filed Feb. 7, 1923 50 IYU/rticna Patented Jan. 1, 1924;.

JOSEPH E. ZOMNIR, 01E SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO'THEDIAMOND MATCH COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, .A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

MACHINE FOR ASSEMBLING BOOK MATCHES.

Application filed February 7, 1923. Serial No. 617,500.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrrr E. ZOMNIR, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMachines for Assembling which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to mechanism for assembling book or card matchesand the like in a row in order to facilitate the operation of packingthem uniformly and compactly in suitable containers; and the inventionhas for its object to provide mecha-. nism of simple and efficientconstruction and operation whereby the articles are rapidly arrangedside by side with the larger and thinner ends of adjacent articles inopposite relation to each other.

The invention is especially, though not exclusively, designed for use inconnection with or as an attachment to the book-match making machinedescribed in Letters Patent of the United States No. 1.073.391, datedSeptember 16, 1913, to which reference may be had.

The invention comprises various features of construction andorganization, and principles of operation, which will be here inafterdescribed and claimed.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a side elevation of book assemblingmechanism embodying a preferred form of my invention. so much of thebookmatch machine being shown as is necessary to illustrate theinvention.

Fig. 2 is a plan of the mechanism shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a transverse horizontal section through the said mechanism inthe plane of the axis of the conveyer wheel at the delivery end of thebook-match machine; as on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section through the mechanism in theplane of the axis of said conveyer wheel, as on the line 4- 1 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a transverse horizontal section in a plane through the camdevices and their actuating mechanism. as on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a sectional actuated reciprocating detail of the camhead foreffecting Book Matches, of z the oscillation of the turret structure, ason the line 6-6 of Fig. 5,

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of said head and cam, and the associatedgearing, including a cam for controlling the operation of certainbook-discharging, book-shifting and book-depressing plungers.

Fig. 8 is a transverse horizontal section in a plane immediately abovethe turret head, showing the plungers retracted; the book conveyer andthe turret being at rest, and the latter being at the limit of its lefthand or contraclockwise movement and supporting a book in position fortransference to the central opening of the turret.

Fig. 9 is a vertical section through the upper part of the turretstructure and the receiving end of the trough, the latter beingrepresented as supplied with reversely arranged match books, and thebook-depressing and book-shifting plungers, and adjuncts, being shown.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the turret,

showing the book-depressing plunger above the upper end thereof, andalso the basal actuating connections.

Referring to the drawings, 11 designates the delivery end of the tableof a bookmatch machine of the general character illustrated in PatentNo. 1,07 3,394 aforesaid. The endless conveyer 12 upon which thebook-matches are formed in the said machine is fiexed about suitablewheels at or adjacent the respective ends of the table and isintermittently driven by appropriate mechanism; the wheel at thedelivery end of the table being shown at 13. The conveyer comprises anendless steel band having transverse blocks 1 1 regularly spaced aparton its outer surface to provide a succession of pockets for flat-lyingmatch-books which, in the intermittent travel of the conveyer, areadvanced consecutively to the path of discharge, as fully described insaid patent.

The mechanism embodying my invention is associated with the delivery endof the book-match machine, and is designed to receive the successivebooks discharged from the upper run of the conveyer and assemble themside by side, in a row, with the larger and thinner ends of the booksalternately reversed, for convenience of packing.

This mechanism, in its preferred form, comprises a centrally throatedturret structure 16 having a vertical axis of oscillation and beingconstructed and arranged to receive the successive books discharged fromthe conveyer and position them in opposite endwise relation to eachother in such a manner that the reversely -located books can besuperposed one upon another within the throat of the turret, and thencebe advanced into and along a suitable supporting chute or trough 17located within and extending outwardly beyond the turret.

The turret structure comprises a circular head 18 having a centralthroat 19 therein of suitable form and size to permit a match book topass flatwise therethrough. The head is mounted to oscillate within acircular opening 20 near the end of the table 11, which end is supportedby standards 21 rising from the bed 22 of the book-match machine andalso from a supplemental bed 23 conveniently bolted to the main bed. Thehead 13 is preferably formed on or secured to a vertical casing 24having a lateral opening 25 therein and also having a depending hub 26,the latter being secured to the upper end of a central shaft 27 that isrotatably mounted in a suitably-disposed bearing 28 included in asubstantial supporting frame 29. Fast on the lower end of the shaft 27is a crank 30 which is connected by means of a link 31 with a head 32mounted for horizontal reciprocation in a guide casing 33 forming partof the frame structure 29. The head 32 comprises a hollow block havingtherein two transversely-disposed rolls 34 in spaced relation to eachother, the sides of the block being longitudinally slotted, as at 35.Extending transversely of the block and through the slotted sidesthereof is a shaft 36 having fast thereon, within the block, anappropriate cam 37 which, by actuation of the shaft, alternately impelsthe rolls in a manner to effect the positive reciprocation of the block32, thereby trans mitting through the link and crank congpection to thevertical shaft 27 oscillatory motion in synchronism with theintermittent motion of the conveyer. relation of the parts justdescribed is such that the turret is intermittently swung through an arcof ninety degrees.

The shaft 36 has its hearings in the frame structure 29, and is providedat one end with a sprocket wheel 38 that is connected by means of achain 39 with a wheel 40; on an adjacent parallel shaft 41 having itsbearing in the walls of a cam housing 42 supported on the bed 23.- Onthe shaft 41 is a sprocket wheel 43 which is connected with a similarwheel fast on a shaft of the book-match machine. Thus continuous motionis transmitted to the shafts 41, 36.

A while the other The co-operative stance, comprise a pair are twoguide-ways which are arranged at a a right angle to each other and leadfrom the:

periphery of the head to two adjacent sides of the central throat. Eachof these guideways comprises a pair of ribs 4 1 secured to the head 18and spaced apart for the free passage of a 'book therebetween. Suchguide-ways are so disposed that when the turret is oscillated through anarc of ninety degrees, as hereinbefore described, they are positionedalternately in the path of discharge of the books from the adjacent runof the conveyer; one guide-way being located at either the right or theleft hand side of the axis of oscillation of the turret uide-way is inthe said discharge path. lence when the turret is thus positioned a bookpushed from the conveyer will enter into the proximate guideway. If thenthe turret be swung through an arc of ninety degrees to the right orleft, as the case may be, the book thus entered in the guide-way will becorrespondingly carried and the empty guide-way will belocated inbook-receiving position. At this juncture the book supported on theturret can be pushed fiatwise to a position above the centralthroat ofthe turret head, and at the same time another book can be pushed fromthe conveyer into the adjacent empty guideway.Coincidentallythebookpositioned above the throat of the turret head canbe pushed down into the throat. The books successively discharged fromthe conveyer are thus received by the turret and positioned thereby inopposite endwise relation to each other and then placed fiatwise oneupon the other above and depressed through with the thin end of one bookat the thick end of the contiguous book, and so on. It is to be notedthat the top of the turret head is provided with suitably-disposed lugs44' which serve as stops for the leading ends of the respective bookswhen they have been corpiectly positioned above the throat of said hea 1The superposed books when they are depressed into the throat of theturret as just mentioned enter and progrem along the trough 17 which, inthe present instance, comprises a curved chute portion which issupported within the turret with its mouth adjacent to and in registerwith the central throat. The trough, which is fixedly secured to abracket 45 bolted to the table, extends outwardly through the lateralopening 25 of the turret and is so positioned as not to obstruct themovement of the latter. Preferably the receiving end of the trough isprovided with means operative to permit the entry of the succeedingbooks into the trough but to prevent their upward displacement. Suchmeans, in the present ins ereed la ch heads 46 which normally overliethe opposite upstanding walls of the trough and are yieldingly supportedby depending springs 47 suitably secured to the walls. (See Fig. 9). Thebooks, assembled side by side, progress down the curved portion of thechute as above mentioned and thence through the outward extension, whichlatter is referably upwardly inclined in order to facilitate the manualremoval therefrom of the assembled books.

The preferred devices for ejecting the successive books from theconveyer and delivering them upon the turret, and for shifting thereversely-disposed books on the turret to the central throat of thelatter, comprise three plungers 48, 49, 50, respectively, slidablymounted in suitably-located guides 51 on the table. The plunger 48 isreciprocable in a path transversely of the upper run of the conveyerduring each dwell of the latter, so as to impinge against theopposingend of each succeeding book on the conveyer and push it therefrom andinto the proximate guide-way of the turret; and the plungers 49, 50 arepositioned inlongitudinal alinement with each other, and at right anglesto the path of the plunger 48, soas to impinge against the books thatare alternately located at the respective sides of the turret, and thuspush them toward and above the central opening of the turret head.

In the present instance each of the plungers is provided on. its upperface with rack teeth 52 with which meshes a gear se'ctor on asuitably-disposed shaft having its bearingsin brackets (53) on thetable. The shaft 53 of the gear sector 54 that meshes with the teeth ofthe plunger 48 extends longitudinally of the table and is provided withtwo spaced apart bevel gears 55 in mesh with similar gears 56 on theshafts 57, 58 which carry the gear sectors 59, 60 that mesh with theteeth of the respective plungers 49, 50, said latter shafts extendingtransversely of the table. The shaft 53 is provided at on end with acrank 61 that is connected by means of a pitman 62 with a vertical slide63fitted to guide-ways in the cam housing 42 previously referred to. Theslide has a lateral roll 64 that travels in the race of a cam 65 fast on'the driven shaft 41, which cam is contained within the housing. Thecontourof the cam roll is such that during each dwell of the conveyerand the turret the slide is reciprocated in a'manner to impart anoscillatory motion to the shaft 53, through the pitman and crankconnection, and thereby oscillate the gear sectors and simultaneouslyreciprocate the three plungers.

The preferred means for depressing the succeeding books into the centralthroat of the turret head comprises a plunger 66 verticallyreciprocative directly above the throat.

shaft 80 having its tion and then in a reverse This plunger is slidablyfitted to a guide casing 67 formed in a table, said bracket alsoincluding a suitable cap member 69 that overlies the turret head andserves -to prevent upward displacement of the books thereon. The upperend of the plunger 66 is connected by means of a link 70 with a crankdisk 71 on one end of a shaft 72 which has its hearings in the bracket68 and also in an adjacent bracket 73 on the table. On the other end ofthis shaft 72 is a bevel gear pending through the table and having itshearings in the bracket 73 and also in a bracket 77 on the bed 23. Onthe lower end of the shaft 76 is a bevel gear 78 in mesh with a similargear 79 on a short horizontal bearings in the bracket 77 This shaft 80bears a sprocket wheel 81 that is connected by means of a chain 82 witha similar wheel 83 on the driven shaft 36. Hence during the rotation ofthe latter shaft the motion is transmitted therefrom to the shaft 72 andits crank disk in a manner to effect the timely reciprocation of theplunger 66 for the purpose described.

From the foregoing it will be seen that during each succeeding movementof the upper run of the conveyer 12 of the bookmatch machine, the turretis swung through an arc of ninety degrees, first in one direcdirection,and that during the dwell of the conveyer and turret one of theguide-ways on the latter is located in alinement with a book-holdingpocket of the conveyer, the other guide-way is at a right angle theretoon either side of the axis of oscillation of the turret, and the threeplungers 48, 49, 50 are positively reciprocated. Hence book from theconveyer into the adjacent guideway on the turret head; one of theplungers 49 or 50 upon the books presented theretoat the opposite sidesof the head andpush them, in opposite endwise' relation to each other,to and above the turret throat, through which they are depressed intothe chute as just stated, whence the assembled books progress outwardlyalong the chute and into position for ready removal in series by anattendant.

bracket 68' on the.

74 in mesh with a similar gear on a vertical shaft 76 depushes from theother guide-way and above the throat of the tur-' the throat and into.

.10 5 the plunger 48 pushes a It is to be understood that my inventionis not limited to the specific construction herein disclosed, as themechanisms may be modified within the principle of the invention and thescope of the appended claims.

I claiml. The combination with means for intermittently impelling a rowof flat-lying articles with their head portions located at one side ofthe path'of travel, of means for ejecting each succeeding article fromthe row, a rotary element having guides in angular relation to eachother and having a central throat to which said guides lead, means foroscillating said element to position its guides alternately for thereception of the ejected articles, oppositely-acting means at therespective sides of the axis of oscillation of said element for shiftinginto the centralthroat the articles positioned in the respective guides,and means for depressing the articles through said throat and inflatwise position.

2. The combination with means for intermittently impelling a row offlat-lying articles with their head portions located at one side of thepath of travel, of means for ejecting each succeeding article from therow, a rotary element having guides in angular relation to each otherand having a central throat to which said guides lead, means foroscillating said element to position its guides alternately for thereception of the ejected articles, oppositely-acting means at therespective sides of the axis of oscillation of said element for shiftinginto the central throat the articles positioned in the, respectiveuides, means for depressing the articles through said throat and inflatwise position, and a stationary chute having its mouth incommunication with said throat.

3. The combination with a conveyer having a succession of pockets toreceive and hold flat-lying articles with their head portions adjacentone longitudinal edge of the conveyer, of ejecting means reciprocabletransversely of the conveyer, an element mounted to oscillate on avertical axis adjacent the conveyer, said element having guides inangular relation to each other and having also a central throat to whichsaid guides lead, means for oscillating the said element to position itsguides alternately for the reception of the articles ejected from theconveyer, oppositely-acting means at the respective sides of the axis ofoscillation of said element for shifting into the central throat thearticles positioned in the respective guides, and means for depressingthe articles through said throat and in flatwise position.

4. The combination with a conveyer having a succession of pockets toreceive and hold flat-lying articles with their head portions adjacentone longitudinal edge of the conveyer, of ejecting means reciprocabletransversely of the conveyer, an element mounted to oscillate on avertical axis adjacent the conveyer, said element having guides inangular relation to each other and having also a central throat to whichsaid guides lead, means for oscillating the said element to position itsguides alternately for the reception of the articles ejected from theconveyer, oppositely-acting means at the respective sides of the axis ofsaid element for shifting into the central throat the arti clespositioned in the respective guides, means for depressing the articlesthrough said throat and in flatwise position, and a stationary chutehaving its mouth in communication with said throat.

5. The combination with a conveyer having a succession of pockets toreceive and hold flat-lying articles with their head portions adjacentone conveyer, of ejecting means reciprocable transversely of theconveyer, a turret mounted to oscillate on a vertical axis adjacent theconveyer, said turret comprising a hollow laterally open body havinga-circular head provided with a central throat and with guides leadingthereto in angular relation to each other, means for oscillating saidturret to position its guides alternately for the reception of articlesejected from the conveyer, oppositely-acting means at the respectivesides of the axis of oscillation of said turret for shifting into thecentral throat the articles positioned in the respective uides, meansfor depressing the articles t rough said throat and in flatwiseposition, and a stationary chute having its mouth in communication withsaid throat, said chute extending through the lateral opening of theturret body.

6. The combination with means for intermittently impelling a row offlat-lying articles with their head portions located at one side of thepath of travel, of an element located adjacent the path of said row andhaving guides in angular relation to each other and which said guideslead, means for oscillat- 1ng said element to position its guidesadjacent the path of the articles, a plunger movable transversely ofsaid path, two plungers movable at right angles to the first namedplunger and in alinement with each other above the rotary element, andmeans for simultaneously reciprocating said plungers, whereby eachsucceeding article of the row is pushed therefrom into the guideadjacent thereto, and is thereafter pushed by one or the other of thesaid two plungers to a position above the central throat, means fordepressing the articles through said throat, and a stationary chutehaving its mouth in communication with said throat.

7, The combination with means for interlongitudinal edge of the v alsohaving a central throat to mo tions between said head and the shaft,whereby said turret is oscillated to position its guides alternatelyadjacent the row, means for moving each succeeding article transverselyfrom the row and into the ide adjacent thereto, means for shifting t earticle through said guide and above the central throat when the guideis at either side of the axis of oscillation of the turret and at aright angle to its previous position, means pressing the article throughthe throat, and a stationary chute having its mouth in communicationwith said throat.

8. The combination with means for in-' termittently impelling a row offlat-lying articles with their head portions located at one side of thepath of travel, of a turret located adjacent the path of said row andhaving guides in angular relation to each other and also a centralthroat to which said guides lead, a vertical shaft supporting saidturret, a reciprocative head, means for reciprocating said head, andoperative connections between said head and the shaft, whereby saidturret is oscillated to position its guides alternately adjacent therow, means, including a plunger and associated gearing, for moving eachsucceedingl article transversely from the row and into t e guideadjacent thereto, means,

for de- Y including two oppositely-disposed plunfiers and associatedgearing, for shifting t e article throu h said guide and above thecentral throat w en the guide is at either side of the axis ofoscillation of the turret and at a right angle to its previous position,means, including a pluner and connections, for depressing the articlesthrough said throat, and a stationary chute having its mouth incommunication with said throat. 4

9. The combination with a conveyer hava succession of pockets to receiveand ho d flat-lying articles with their head portions adjacent onelongituinal edge of the conveyer, of ejecting means reciprocabletransversely of the conveyer, an element mounted to oscillate on v avertical axis adjacent to the conveyer, said element having ides inangular relation to each other and having also a central throat to whichsaid guides lead, means for oscillating the said element to position itsides alternately for the reception of the artlcles ejected from theconveyer, o positely-acting means at the respective si es of the axis ofoscillation of said element for shifting into the central throat thearticles positioned in the respective guides, a cap the said element andhaving a vertical guide portion directly above the said throat, aplunger vertically reciprocable in said guide portion, and means forreciprocating the said plunger to depress the articles in flatwiseposition throu h said throat.

Signed at pringfield in the county of Hampden and State ofMassachusetts, this 3rd day of February, A. D. 1923.

JOSEPH E. ZOIB.

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